Around sports: Canadiens get on board with Game 3 OT win

Updated 12:39 am, Friday, May 23, 2014

The Canadiens' Alex Galchenyuk tips in a pass for the winning goal in overtime on Thursday.

The Canadiens' Alex Galchenyuk tips in a pass for the winning goal in overtime on Thursday.

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Montreal's Alex Galchenyuk (27) is mobbed by his teammates, and New York's Dominick Moore leaves the ice after Galchenyuk's game-winning goal in OT.

Montreal's Alex Galchenyuk (27) is mobbed by his teammates, and New York's Dominick Moore leaves the ice after Galchenyuk's game-winning goal in OT.

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Around sports: Canadiens get on board with Game 3 OT win

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NEW YORK - Alex Galchenyuk tipped in a pass at the right post 1:12 into overtime, and Montreal overcame a late tying goal and beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in Game 3 of the NHL Eastern Conference final Thursday night.

The Canadiens cut New York's series lead to 2-1 and can tie it Sunday night at Madison Square Garden before heading home for Game 5.

The Rangers tied it with 28.1 seconds left in regulation on Chris Kreider's goal.

1Canada, the gold medalist in the last two Olympics, lost in the quarterfinals of the world championships for the fifth consecutive time when Finland scored late to win 3-2 at Minsk, Belarus. In other games, defending champion Sweden edged Belarus 3-2 to set up a semifinal against Russia, which blanked France 3-0; and the Czech Republic topped the United States 4-3. Finland will play the Czech Republic in the other semifinal.

McGrady walked four in his second regular-season appearance for the Skeeters, who won the game on Nick Stavinoha's pinch single after Sugar Land put runners at second and third on a double, intentional walk and fielder's choice.

Dustin Johnson shot a bogey-free 5-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Crowne Plaza Invitatioanl at Colonial in Fort Worth.

Hunter Mahan, playing in the group ahead of Johnson, had the lead before a double-bogey 6 at the 433-yard 18th. With a 66, Mahan was tied for second with Harris English, Tim Wilkinson and Robert Streb

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1Joe Durant birdied his final hole for a 6-under 65 and a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Senior PGA Championship at Benton Harbor, Mich. Dan Forsman, fighting an arthritic left hip, opened with a 66, and Brad Faxon had a 67.

1Catriona Matthew took the first-round lead in the Airbus LPGA Classic at Mobile, Ala., holing a bunker shot for an eagle and finishing with an 8-under 64. Charley Hull, an 18-year-old from England, shot a bogey-free 65.

1Thomas Bjorn set a course record at Wentworth in Virginia Water, England, with a 10-under-par 62 on the opening day of the BMW PGA Championship. Shane Lowry is second after a 64.

1Duke (856) took a six-stroke lead over defending champion Southern California (862) in the third round of the NCAA women's championship at Tulsa, Okla., and the Blue Devils' Celine Boutier (67-207) tied the Trojans' Doris Chen (68-207) atop the individual standings.